Alexis Lee started her blog, Style Me Sunday, in July 2012. A former midwife, divorced mother of two girls of British and Caribbean descent living and brought up in London. What began as a fashion blog soon evolved as she changed and started to open up about other things like body confidence, mental health and her healing process. For over a decade she has grown her platform from a blog to a brand, and now reaches women across various different mediums. In 2022 she released her debut book Feeling Myself published by Penguin/ Ebury – ‘A modern manifesto and memoir on sex and shame’
Now with more than 100k followers on Instagram (@stylemesunday). Alexis runs events, and courses, hosts podcasts, models, and has been a speaker and a panellist more times than she can count. She has taken part in a television project about women’s quests for better orgasms where she had a real orgasm on TV, and co-hosted a make-over show using adaptive fashion. She runs community spaces Healing Myself and now Black Enough?! She enjoys working with a huge variety of small and household-name brands through her social media channels.
Takeaways
- Motherhood can be a portal for addressing and opening up one’s sexuality.
- Women often face pressure and expectations to resume sexual intimacy after childbirth, which can lead to disconnection and disassociation.
- Healing and rediscovering one’s sexuality is a personal and multifaceted journey that may involve therapy, breath work, and other healing practices.
- Open and honest conversations about sex with children are essential for their understanding, safety, and empowerment.
- Reframing intimacy and pleasure can involve exploring different ways of connecting and embracing one’s right to pleasure.
- Challenging societal stigmas and taboos surrounding sexuality is crucial for personal liberation.
- Understanding the power dynamics of female sexuality and the impact of colonialism can aid in decolonizing thinking and conditioning.
- Reflecting on the motherhood journey and challenging societal expectations can lead to personal growth and empowerment.
- Taking ownership and communicating needs is essential for personal fulfillment and healthy relationships.
- Continuing the journey of self-discovery and supporting each other is vital for ongoing growth and liberation.
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Lots of Love
Nehanda xx
“I think women feel a pressure to still be their same sexual selves that they were pre-motherhood, that they’re supposed to have sex as regularly and as often and in the same ways that they did before they became mothers.”